Kenya says it will deploy the use of the new novel oral polio vaccine type two (nOPV2) aimed at addressing mutants of the virus. Kenya is among the countries that have been certified to use the novel oral vaccine type two as part of its prioritised polio eradication initiatives. However, the country remains polio-free according to the Head of Public Health Dr Francis Kuria. “The Ministry of Health has stepped-up routine immunization activities and in 2020 the country achieved Oral Polio Vaccine 3 (OPV3), coverage of 85 per cent,” Dr Kuria said during the commemoration of the World Polio Day…
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David Indeje
David Indeje is the Community Engagement Editor at Khusoko, East Africa’s leading digital business news platform. He shapes editorial content, drives audience engagement, and amplifies diverse voices. Beyond journalism, he consults on digital strategy across agriculture, governance, technology, and health, while examining AI’s role in the future of media. He also serves as Communications Officer at KICTANet, advancing digital inclusion and policy dialogue.
Online video streaming platform Netflix says it will premier a series of an “Anthology of African Folktales, Reimagined” in 2022. This will be through a Netflix and UNESCO partnership innovative short film competition across Sub-Saharan Africa. Winners of the competition will be trained and mentored by industry professionals and provided with a US$75,000 production budget to create short films that will premiere on Netflix in 2022 as an “Anthology of African folktales”. Netflix and UNESCO say a key aim of this competition is to discover new voices and to give emerging filmmakers in Sub-Saharan Africa visibility on a global scale.…
The Kenyan shilling depreciated to a record against the dollar attributed to increased import activities by local traders. The shilling touched KSh 111.02 per US dollar on October 21, compared to KSh 110.81 per US dollar on October 14 according to data from the Central Bank of Kenya. Besides its weakening, the CBK says “The Kenya Shilling remained stable against major international and regional currencies during the week ending October 21.” The Kenya shilling has depreciated against the US Dollar by 2.4 per cent in Q3’2021, to close at Kshs 110.5, from Kshs 107.9 in Q2’2021a 9-months low. This is…
This is a build-up to the first and the second stimulus packages that were designed to ensure the Kenyan economy could endure the shocks occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday told financial and lending institutions to allow a moratorium of 12-month on payment of instalments in respect of all term loans outstanding as from October 2020 to date. Kenyatta disclosed that besides having offered a reprieve of six months from April to September 2020, particularly to MSMEs during the pandemic period, they continue to struggle following the adverse effects of the pandemic. The directive applies to loans worth less than KSh 5million. “I further order the National Treasury, in consultation with all stakeholders, to secure the following additional measures to provide further space to the…
Kenya’s National Treasury has been directed to increase the threshold for the reporting of cash transactions with the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) from the current Ksh 1 million (USD10,000). The directive from President Uhuru Kenyatta will be applicable to both withdrawals and deposits by bank customers. According to the president, the current reporting framework has not been facilitative of the operations of micro-small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and has to some extent inhibited their growth. “Cash remains an important payments channel for medium, small and micro enterprises, representing 80 per cent of all their transactions,” President Kenyatta said. He was…